Monday Blues: Bloody Cursed E-Bikes

 

Bloody cursed e-bikes. I don't mind if people want to ride the things 😬but I herewith propose a new law, to wit: Forthwith no person riding an e-bike or e-assist bike upon a public roadway or trail shall be permitted to pass any other rider laboring under their own power. Period. No ifs, and, or buts about it. No penalty shall occur for the first four infractions, but a fifth infraction of said law shall result in the perpetrator being forced to Everest along Mills between Foothill and Mt. Baldy Road (hmm, how many laps would that be?) without benefit of motor or assist.

Better yet, when are the hackers going to give me one of those magic buttons, you known, the ones that cut the power to electric motors. Hmmm, would I find some perverse glee in watching someone suddenly realize they have to pedal to move forward. Sort of like "up a creek without a paddle," only they'd be "down a hill without a pedal-(assist). 😈

The Monday Blues has been an occasional feature here at the blog since inception: the blues, an emotion, a color, a genre of music, with a cycling twist.